Crop Circles with Chelsey Weber-Smith

About this episode

Sarah and Chelsey explore the history and mystery of crop circles and the urban legends surrounding them.

What do men really get up to at the pub? For this April Fools' Day episode, Sarah tells urban legend correspondent Chelsey Weber-Smith of American Hysteria the history and the mystery behind crop circles, those sophisticated patterns left imprinted in corn and wheat fields said to be made by alien beings. For years, no one could find a rational reason for their mysterious existence as they spread across various countries; that is, until a pair of surprising culprits finally came forward to re...

People in this episode

Guest: Chelsey Weber-Smith

Topics covered

• crop circles
• urban legends
• aliens
• mystery

Keywords

• April Fools' Day
• American Hysteria
• corn fields
• wheat fields

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Books & works: Crop Circles

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